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author | Paul Issott <paul@slitaz.org> |
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date | Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 (2009-09-23) |
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files | en/doc/handbook/desktop.html en/doc/handbook/jwm.html en/doc/handbook/network-config.html en/doc/handbook/security.html en/doc/handbook/system-admin.html en/doc/handbook/x-window.html |
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1.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/desktop.html Mon Sep 21 22:33:29 2009 +0000 1.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/desktop.html Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 1.3 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 1.4 <h3>Introduction</h3> 1.5 <p> 1.6 The default SliTaz desktop is brought to you using different components 1.7 -of the LXDE project. Openbox, PCmanFM and LXPanel combine to provide a 1.8 +of the LXDE project. Openbox, PCmanFM and LXPanel combine to implement a 1.9 Desktop providing simplicity and functionality. 1.10 </p> 1.11 1.12 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ 1.13 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Openbox</font></h3> 1.14 <p> 1.15 Openbox is a fast, simple, themeable window manager that doesn't 1.16 -consume all your system resources, it is the window manager 1.17 +consume all of your system resources, it is the window manager 1.18 by default on SliTaz. A window manager is an application that runs 1.19 on top of the X server to control the appearance of windows, open 1.20 a X terminal or display applications. It can then place, cut and 1.21 @@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ 1.22 <p> 1.23 Openbox provides a context menu via a right click on the desktop, 1.24 this menu can be changed by editing a configuration file. The key 1.25 -combinations <code>ALT + TAB</code> allow you to list and navigate 1.26 +combinations <code>Alt + TAB</code> allow you to list and navigate 1.27 through open windows. Obconf can be used to graphically configure 1.28 -the window manager and various small tools specific to SliTaz allow 1.29 +the window manager and various small tools (specific to SliTaz) allow 1.30 you to have a simple, stylish and coherent desktop. By default, 1.31 SliTaz uses 4 virtual desktops. 1.32 </p> 1.33 <p> 1.34 The Desktop provided by SliTaz complies with the Freedesktop standards, the 1.35 file manager PCmanFM allows for management of desktop icons, drag and drop 1.36 -(drag and drop) and the mounting of devices with a click. 1.37 +(drag and drop) and the mounting of devices with a solitary click. 1.38 The panel menu, taskbar, icons, etc are powered by LXpanel. 1.39 </p> 1.40 1.41 @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ 1.42 <p> 1.43 The menu is in the file <code>~/.config/openbox/menu.xml</code>, the syntax 1.44 of the XML file is simple and easy to understand. It also possible to edit 1.45 -this file with <code>obmenu</code> (not installed by default). Add an 1.46 +this file with <code>obmenu</code> (not installed by default). An 1.47 example for an application in a sub menu: 1.48 </p> 1.49 <pre class="script"><item label="File Manager"> 1.50 @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ 1.51 tag. The tag menu can use a <em>pipe</em> to display the menu entries, 1.52 ie. a script that creates entries on the fly. SliTaz offers by default 1.53 a <em>pipe menu</em> that allows you to directly open your Favorites folder 1.54 -with the file manager PCmanFM. The script is in <code>/usr/lib/openbox</code> 1.55 +with the file manager PCmanFM. The script is found in <code>/usr/lib/openbox</code> 1.56 and can be used as an example. 1.57 </p> 1.58 1.59 @@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ 1.60 <code>hsetroot</code> to display a picture or <code>xsetroot</code> for 1.61 a solid color. PCmanFM is started with the Openbox session as a daemon; 1.62 ie, it runs in the background and launches faster. To change the current 1.63 -background image, you can go through the file manager preferences or 1.64 -"Preferences" menu → "Wallpaper". 1.65 +background image, you can go through the file manager preferences or via 1.66 +the menu "Preferences" → "Wallpaper". 1.67 </p> 1.68 <p> 1.69 The icons are displayed via a simple text file (<code>.desktop</code>), 1.70 @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ 1.71 The system configuration file is located in <code>/etc/lxpanel</code> 1.72 and can also be stored locally in <code>~/.config</code>, though it is 1.73 recommended that you configure LXPanel graphically by using the 1.74 -"Panel Settings" entry on the taskbar. 1.75 +"Panel Settings" (right click) entry on the taskbar. 1.76 </p> 1.77 1.78 <h4>Panel Preferences</h4> 1.79 @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ 1.80 and menus. You can have transparent windows or use shadows to create 1.81 depth on the Desktop. The effects are achieved via <code>xcompmgr</code> 1.82 (<em>composite manager</em>) and <code>transset-df</code> 1.83 -(<em>transparency</em>) and can be both activated at the same time on the 1.84 +(<em>transparency</em>) and both can be activated at the same time on the 1.85 session using the Openbox context menu → "Desktop Effects". 1.86 </p> 1.87
2.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/jwm.html Mon Sep 21 22:33:29 2009 +0000 2.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/jwm.html Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 2.3 @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ 2.4 contained in the <code>/usr/share/pixmaps</code> and <code>/usr/share/icons</code> 2.5 system directories. SliTaz uses the Tango theme icons: 2.6 <a href="http://tango.freedesktop.org/">tango.freedesktop.org</a> 2.7 - for the menu, they are 16x16 and are stored in 2.8 + for the menu, these are 16x16 and are stored in 2.9 <code>/usr/share/icons/Tango</code>. You can add, edit, delete 2.10 these... If you want to install new icons in your user 2.11 space, we advise you to use <code>~/Picture/Icons</code> (set as default)
3.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/network-config.html Mon Sep 21 22:33:29 2009 +0000 3.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/network-config.html Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 3.3 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ 3.4 network card has been identified as an <code>eth0</code> interface and you use 3.5 a router, your connection should already be working. DHCP is dynamically 3.6 configured, on each boot the client asks for a new IP address from 3.7 -the DHCP server, which is integrated into the router, or on another computer. 3.8 +the DHCP server which is integrated into the router, or on another computer. 3.9 If you need a static IP, you can directly edit config files or use the GUI 3.10 <code>netbox</code> available from the System menu --> System tools. 3.11 In a terminal or a Linux console, you can list all available network 3.12 @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ 3.13 "your_login" * "your_password" 3.14 </pre> 3.15 <p> 3.16 -The config file /etc/resolv.conf will be automatically loaded up. Finished, you can 3.17 +The config file /etc/resolv.conf will be automatically loaded. Finished, you can 3.18 now connect to the internet with <code>pppd</code>: 3.19 </p> 3.20 <pre> 3.21 @@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ 3.22 package <code>rp-pppoe</code>. Using <code>pppoe-setup</code> is a snap and you 3.23 can quickly configure the network. If you use DCHP it's even easier, because 3.24 the server from your ISP will take care of everything. If you do not have DHCP, 3.25 -you must first disable its use via <code>DHCP="no"</code> from the 3.26 +you must first disable its use via <code>DHCP="no"</code> in the 3.27 configuration file <code>/etc/network.conf</code>. It should be noted that to 3.28 modify configuration files and system logs you must first become <code>root</code>. 3.29 -To install and change the variable DHCP with Nano (ctrl + x to save & exit): 3.30 +To install and change the variable DHCP with Nano (ctrl + X to save & exit): 3.31 </p> 3.32 <pre> 3.33 $ su 3.34 @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ 3.35 <p> 3.36 SliTaz provides a very basic firewall, the kernel security rules are launched 3.37 at boot time and iptables rules are disabled by default. You can 3.38 -activate/disable these at startup by using the configuration file: 3.39 +activate/disable these at startup by using the configuration file 3.40 /etc/firewall.conf. 3.41 </p> 3.42 <p> 3.43 @@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ 3.44 /etc/firewall.conf. 3.45 </p> 3.46 <p> 3.47 -The <em>firewall</em> uses Iptables, it consists of two files, the 3.48 +The <em>firewall</em> uses Iptables, it consists of two files: 3.49 /etc/firewall.conf and /etc/init.d/firewall, you shouldn't need to modify 3.50 -these. Note Iptables has lots of options, for more infomation see the official 3.51 +these. Note Iptables has lots of options. For more infomation see the official 3.52 documentation available online: 3.53 <a href="http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/">www.netfilter.org/documentation/</a>. 3.54 </p> 3.55 @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ 3.56 </pre> 3.57 <p> 3.58 and to activate/deactivate the iptables rules, it is necessary to modify the 3.59 -variable IPTABLES_RULES= : 3.60 +IPTABLES_RULES= variable : 3.61 </p> 3.62 <pre class="script"> 3.63 # Enable/disable iptables rules.
4.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/security.html Mon Sep 21 22:33:29 2009 +0000 4.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/security.html Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 4.3 @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ 4.4 <a name="passwords"></a> 4.5 <h3>Passwords</h3> 4.6 <p> 4.7 -By default the SliTaz user <em>hacker</em> doesn't have a password and the system administrator <em>root</em> 4.8 +By default the SliTaz user <em>tux</em> doesn't have a password and the system administrator <em>root</em> 4.9 comes with the password (<em>root</em>). You can easily change these by using the <code>passwd</code> command: 4.10 </p> 4.11 <pre> $ passwd
5.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/system-admin.html Mon Sep 21 22:33:29 2009 +0000 5.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/system-admin.html Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 5.3 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ 5.4 <p> 5.5 With Linux your disks and USB media are seen as devices. To access them you must 5.6 first mount a device on a mount point (directory). On SliTaz you can graphically 5.7 -mount devices using <code>mountbox</code> or use the command line. To mount the 5.8 +mount devices by using <code>mountbox</code> or the command line. To mount the 5.9 first disk of a local hard disk on <code>/mnt/disk</code>: 5.10 </p> 5.11 <pre> 5.12 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ 5.13 <p> 5.14 To mount a cdrom or an USB media you should use mount points located in 5.15 <code>/media</code>. Note that for a cdrom, you just have to specify 5.16 -the device path and for a flash key, the mount point already exists: 5.17 +the device path. For a flash key, the mount point already exists: 5.18 </p> 5.19 <pre> 5.20 # mount /dev/cdrom 5.21 @@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ 5.22 <pre> 5.23 # tazpkg get-install bash 5.24 # cp /home/hacker/.profile home/hacker/.bashrc 5.25 - # Note root user: cp /home/hacker/.profile ~/.bashrc 5.26 - # nano /etc/passwd # :/bin/bash 5.27 + Note root user: cp /home/hacker/.profile ~/.bashrc 5.28 + # nano /etc/passwd ~ :/bin/bash 5.29 </pre> 5.30 <p> 5.31 The next time you login bash will be your default shell, you can confirm this 5.32 -by typing <code>env</code> in the command line. 5.33 +by typing <code>env</code> on the command line. 5.34 </p> 5.35 5.36 <a name="editors"></a> 5.37 @@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ 5.38 </pre> 5.39 <h4>Rdate</h4> 5.40 <p> 5.41 -To syncronize the system clock with a network time server, you can as 5.42 -<code>root</code> use the <code>rdate -s</code> command: 5.43 +To syncronize the system clock with a network time server, you can (as 5.44 +<code>root</code>) use the <code>rdate -s</code> command: 5.45 </p> 5.46 <pre> 5.47 # rdate -s tick.greyware.com 5.48 @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ 5.49 </p> 5.50 <p> 5.51 Each user of the system can have his/her own tasks, they are defined in the file: <code>/var/spool/cron/crontabs/user</code>. 5.52 -The crontab utility allows you amongst other things, to list the tasks specific to the user. The syntax of the 5.53 +The crontab utility allows you (amongst other things), to list the tasks specific to the user. The syntax of the 5.54 files is as follows: 5.55 </p> 5.56 <pre class="script">mm hh dd MMM DDD command > log
6.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/x-window.html Mon Sep 21 22:33:29 2009 +0000 6.2 +++ b/en/doc/handbook/x-window.html Wed Sep 23 17:07:04 2009 +0000 6.3 @@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ 6.4 </p> 6.5 <h4>Default user</h4> 6.6 <p> 6.7 -Slim offers a way to pre-load a user login name, by default hacker is configured 6.8 +Slim offers a way to pre-load a user login name, by default tux is configured 6.9 for convenience. You can change this by editing the Slim configuration file 6.10 <code>/etc/slim.conf</code> and modifying the line <code>default_user</code> or just 6.11 leave the line blank to avoid pre-loading a user name. Example: 6.12 </p> 6.13 -<pre class="script">default_user hacker 6.14 +<pre class="script">default_user tux 6.15 </pre> 6.16 6.17 <a name="xorg"></a> 6.18 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ 6.19 </pre> 6.20 <p> 6.21 Once installed, you can go directly to the configuration or you can install the correct driver for your card 6.22 -(if you know it). Example using the Nvidia driver and listing all available drivers: 6.23 +(provided you know it). Example using the Nvidia driver and listing all available drivers: 6.24 </p> 6.25 <pre> # tazpkg get-install xorg-xf86-video-nv 6.26 List: